› added 10 years ago

174

TIL that the brains of London cab drivers undergo large structural changes because of the massive amount of knowledge they must memorize.

Read more onlinelibrary.wiley.com

via reddit.com

Oor8g TIL that in addition to ending WW1, the Treaty of Versailles also made it so that Bayer could no longer trademark "heroin".
AQmx TIL Pixar credits its success to its anti-Disney approach: no songs, no happy village, no love story.
6E57J TIL In Thailand, it was considered a capital offense punishable by death if someone touched the queen. in 1880, The queen drowned when her royal boat capsized on the way to the Palace. The many witnesses to the accident did not dare to touch the queen while she was drowning.
nWJjY TIL: In 19th Century America, free college was the norm across the entire United States. It wasn’t until as late as the mid 1960s in some area that public universities began charging regularly for degrees
4XaOo TIL During the Falkands War, Vulcan Bombers carried out the longest ranged bombing raids in history, over 12,000 km and 16 hours for the return journey.